Château Kalon Nodoz
Robert Mondavi Winery
To-Kalon I Block Fumé Blanc 2017
TOR Kenward Family Wines
Beckstoffer To Kalon Red Wine 2009
There are worse ways to start a Saturday then tasting & talking wine with Tor Kenward & Andy Beskstoffer having the 1980 BV George Latour Private Reserve & multiple vintages of Tor. Wine 94 technically but age & style 9.6. The experience a 10.
Dark, brooding, delicious. Round, lush and elegance on top of elegance. Lush, perfectly ripe; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum. Smooth dark spice, dark chocolate, sandalwood, candied, dark, red florals framed in violets & lavender, excellent acidity. Balanced, perfect tension & structure and beautiful elegant finish that lasts 90 seconds.
Andy Beckstoffer sold fruit for $150 a ton in the late 1970’s, early 80’s. Today, $50,000 plus a ton and a percentage of the producers bottle price. — 3 months ago
Robert Mondavi Winery
To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Smooth tannins, ripe but restrained fruit, hint of chocolate — a month ago
Schrader Cellars
T6 Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Phenomenal! Blackberries, cherries, and chocolate. What a treat. — 2 months ago
Château Boswell
Jacquelynn Beckstoffer To Kalon Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
I can’t recall when I first tried this but this is not showing much age to it. Plenty of fruit and the tannins while integrated is not as silky as I had hoped. Slightly grainy and given the age it could go another 10yrs easily. — 2 months ago
World's End
Good Times, Bad Times Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Big, bold Beckstoffer Cab. Not as elegant as the 2014 but a serious wine for enjoyment. — a month ago
Robert Mondavi Winery
Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1974
Happy 50th birthday! I always ask what were you doing when you drink a wine this old.
I am told by my Somm buddy who brought this bottle, this is To Kalon fruit even though it is not listed on the label. Excellent fill line. 12% ABV. 👏👏👏
Color is brickish on the edges but the color inside is still beautiful & solid.
This is a wine not to decant or a short one and pour it out w/ 6 people. It does get better in the glass.
The fruit is old but still ripe; blackberries, black raspberries, baked strawberries, stewed plum/cranberries, baked rhubarb, almost watermelon notes, mid berry cola, steeped tea, dry crushed rocks, dry twig, dry tobacco, sandalwood to some cedar, light dark spice notes, dry herbaceous notes, pine bar, some tarriness, anise, dark forest, dry leaves, some v/a-bandaid, dry river stone, decade red, dark, florals, excellent acidity, great evolution, balance, still has tension, with elegance & smart polish that lasts a minute.
Bottle acquired recently from the winery. — a month ago
Ericsson
Wine made of rarities and oddities, and not even sure it’s made any more. One of the few and possibly the last Sauv Blanc to come out of the To Kalon vineyard. This has an insanely crisp peachy profile with a Smokey acidic finish. Cheers. — 6 days ago